Police injured smothering a man on fire

Published on Thursday 24 July 2008 10:58

Surrey: Two police officers were taken to hospital after using their own bodies to smother flames engulfing a knife-wielding man who had set himself ablaze.

Police had been called after the 23-year-old man threatened to attack fellow residents of a home in Cranleigh with a knife late last night.

London: A vigil was due to be held today in memory of an 18-year-old student fatally stabbed yards from his home.

Frederick Moody Boateng died in Lambeth last week.